UKFast Blog: April2014

If the world of hosting is the Top Gun academy (bear with me), then cloud is Maverick; the new kid, the hope and the dream that takes risks and is living on a prayer and is… well, flying around in the sky like a boss basically. Dedicated is clearly Ice Man – who’s been proving himself for years – whereas Cloud/Maverick is the newcomer that people may have their concerns about, until they realise that he totally nails it too. OK, slightly wonky extended metaphors aside, cloud computing is relatively new to the world of hosting, and something that many…

Millionaires are confusing. They love to buy Ferraris, mansions, islands…and er, Internet domain names. A two-letter web address has just been sold for $3.6m (£2.1m), making it the most expensive domain name purchased in 2014, and proving that domains have…

Following the recent Heartbleed horror, and raising concerns that there’s some kind of cyber-apocalypse going on that we weren’t warned about, on Saturday a new flaw was found in Internet Explorer. It affects versions 6-11 and Microsoft is (probably painfully)…

After a cracking extra-long weekend, it’s been a bit of a mad one trying to catch up (and recover from the shock of being back in work)! This week we’ve had Earth day, the deal with the .london domain and new…

When people talk of security in these troubled cybertimes, they're often referring to cybersecurity and all the net nasties that have been getting so much attention recently. But physical security in our homes is still important too, and it seems…

We’ve been covering the new domain extension releases over the past couple of months, and we can tell you now, this one's going to be a big’un. London is one of the first cities to get its own domain name…

Happy Easter everyone! This week we’ve talked about why using twitter can impact your business, the new domain name extensions on offer, and the science of selfies. And now it’s time to eat all the chocolate, and settle in for…

On Sunday Instagram went down, causing widespread panic and an outbreak of un-filtered brunch pics and selfies. And while it may seem trivial from a business perspectivce, a closer look at selfies may well find us staring into the beady…

It’s been a busy week in the wacky world of domains. On Monday we had the release of .luxury, .build and .wiki. Today we have even more. EVEN MORE. And these are pretty cracking ones too: .buzz, .gift, .guitars, .link,…